Water-power wheel.



s. MUOLURB;

WATER POWER WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1911. RENEWED MAY 14. 1912.

Patented July 23, 1912 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

S. McCLURE.

WATER POWER WHEEL.

APPLICATION rum) JAN. 10mm. mums?) MAY 14, 1912,

Patented July 23. 1912.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2,

44030771 iff heel, of which the following is a speifitien- SAMUELMOCLURE, OF OIL SPRINGS, ONTARIO, CANADA \VATER-PONER WHEEL.

Appltcatipn filed January 10, 1911, Serial No. 601.896.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Yatented July 23, 1912.

Renewed May 14, 1912. Serial No. 697.302.

To all whom it may mneern:

Be it known that l, SAMUEL MeCLtnn, a subject of the King of GreatBritain. and a resident of the village of Oil Springs, in the county ofLambton, in the Province of )li" tario, in the Dominion of (amt-Lia,have i ivented a new and useful Water louie! tion.

This invention relates to a wheel tu'ovitlrtl with buckets and soconstructed that the water impinging on the buckets shall t-omnutnieateto them its energy. And it eonsist oi the improved eonstrnetion andnovel eonthi '1 nation of parts of the same its will he hero inafterfirst fully set forth and itStlllit't'l and then pointed out in theclaim 5 lieferenee heing had to the aeeoinpnnying l drawings formingpart of this speeiti ation wherein Figure l a side view ot a wheel rareshowing the water vheel emhotlying my invention. ln this view the frontside f the i wheel race removed. Fig, .5 i a fr nt view of Fig. 1. Inthis view one of the t gates is shown open and the other vlost-d. andbars are shown in the opening to the 5 wheel rate when the gate open orraised. t to prevent large ohstaeles from getting into the wheel raceand damag ng the hutets f the water wheel. Fig. 3 is an enlarged de tailside view of the water wheel. In this view the front ring removed. Fig.1 is a perspective view of one of the imtflittr or paddles ot' the wheelshown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In the aeeoin ninying drawings: the int-- inet'al 1 indicates the sidesof the wheel rat-e i made of any size or shape and ot' any material, inwhieh sides '1 the shaft 2 is \HPpOi'tHl to revolve perfectly free, onroller hearings or on any hearing or means found inost we venient 3indicates the front of the wheel raee; 1 and 5 the gates supported andheld in place in the vertieal grooves (3 at the rea of the verticalguides '7, and these gate: l and 5 are l held at the lower end, in thehorizontal groove 8 at the rear of the horizontal guide l l l t L i l ll l 9, and these guides 7 and i) are set'uretl to the front 3 of thewheel race, and said front 2) of i said Wheel race is secured to thesides 1.

10 indicates cables secured to the gates t l and 5 and to the cleats 11to hold these gates i at any elevation to which they may be adjusted, toraise them out of the w; ter, or to lower them, or to completely closeand shut l I ll' to the main sin.

nds of the arms H and the rings in:

a when 32 is :t pulley on said shaft "2. over which a helt not shown.passes, to etjnnmunieate power to any plaee and tor any purposerequire-d. or a sproeket wheel or other means may he -ttt1ltl to thisshutt 2, to votnnnmit-ztte motion th refrom to any other 12121 eliinervg its rigi 'lly secured to hoth e uhet-l rat-e above the shaft 2. and itare lirae s vhieh are secured to and ext nd 'r ni the ides f the wheelrace 1 to "he uprights 12%. ii is a soindle mounted in I a 1 a 1 pou "are arms rigitllv t seeured near their eentt and to the outer nds (itthese arms IT a r ng 18 soldered,

iv tttl or otherwise rigidly secured. and

th s ring 1% and arm 1T may he made of anm a "iv other nmterial deire-5i.

it are lltltlit-YF or paddl s which are rivet-- e l or otherwise igidlyFWflH'Wl to the outer and a et of arms 17 and a ring it. is se ured onthe opposit side of the huelt ts or paddles 1) of the water wheel. Theluu'liets or pa l- (llts til are termed renter; on the underside, zishown :tt. u in Fig. t, ronrnve as shown :tl, 3. with the nine. outsideof the hut-ltl". and with the partition I], which exltllkl t!t'l() toe lJt'lKlS as shown in Fig. l, and these l nt-ltets are ttl 0 formed withret-e s. between the lip. f. and the adjaeent partiti n, the, are alsoformed in lined and ta tered toward the end and rounded on tlw url; asshown at 1. And these hueltets or ut lie i? being rigidly set-tired tothe. arms lT and the latter heing rigidly secured to the haft '1. asbefore described. when so eonstru ted and being ueted upon by the waterof the stream mo ing in the direetion of the a row. r. the water wheelwill turn in. the direlllll 'itit'tl by the arrow 22, and so turning.the concave side, b, of these cone-avo-eonvex bu kets or paddles 19 willreceive tht full force or energy of the enrrent of the water of thestream in which this wheel is located. Again the underside or portion,a, of the buckets being formed eonvex and the back or portion, 9. ofthese bucket; ai ing formed rounded, this portion of theseeoneavo-eonvex huekets or p2 "idles 19 will feather the water whenrising out of the current of the stream, and will not receive the fullforce of the current of the water. These buckets or paddles 19 there.-fore, are so constructed that the force or energy of the water of thestream will have the greatest efiect on the concave side, I), on thewings, a, partitions, d, and lip, f; and when these buckets 19 arerising out of the water of the stream they will present their convexsides, a, and the round portion,- g, to the water and thus feather thewater and easily rise, thus providing a Water wheel having great power.Any number of these water wheels desired may be used'according to thepower required.

20 indicates a water tight drum with closed ends, the. ends of which arerigidly secured to the main shaft 2 and to the ad jacent inner sides ofthe arms 17.

21 designates supplemental U-shaped blades or paddles which are securedat any interval desired around and to the water tight drum 20. And theseblades or paddles 21 are formed U-shaped so that double the quantity ofblades or paddles are provided which doubles the power of the waterwheel at this point, as double the energy of the water is utilized onthese blades or paddles 21. This water tight drum 20 formed with closedends and secured in place as described, facilitates the rising of saidwheel in the water when this water wheel secured to said shaft 2 isrequired to be raised, the water tight drum 20 has a natural buoyancybeing water tight and has a tendency to rise in and with the water ofthe stream and facilitates the action of the chains or theirequivalent23 operated by the spindle 15. Again the bars 24 in the openings 25 atthe front of the wheel race 3 prevent large pieces of ice, blocks ofwood and large fish from getting into the wheel race and into thebuckets or paddles 19 and thereby save the buckets 19 from beinginjured, and at the same time these bars '24- brace and strengthen thefront of the wheel race. Again this wheel race may be constructed inline with or at any angle to the current of the water in the stream, asdesired, and

when constructed at an angle to the stream.

it sheds or conducts ice or other heavy articles floating with thestream, oil" to one side; and again when the gates 4 and 5 are closed,

there will be less force of water against the end of the wheel raceywhenthe latter is placed at an' angle to the stream as described. Againcovers ma be placed over the pulley 12 or sprocket w eels on the shaft 2to protect them from ice and the like if desired.

This water wheel may be located in a horizontal position when the arms17 and rings 18 on the upperand lower side would strengthen the wheeland strengthen and hold any buckets used in place. Again an inclinedchute or hopper may be used to conduct the water to a wheelconstructedas described, in order to increase the effect of the waterand the consequent power of the wheel provided with the buckets 19 andsupplemental blades 21, as described. So that a water power wheelconstructed as described forms a strong, durable and inexpensive device,one not liable to get out of repair and one very efiicient in practicaluse.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim:

l. In a device of the class described, arms, rings secured to the outerends of said arms, and buckets or'paddles also secured to the outer endsof said arms and said rings, and said buckets formed concave on the sidepresented to the current of the'stream of water and convex on the otherside, and rounded and inclined or tapered toward the ends on said convexside, in combination with a shaft to which said arms are secured, andmeans for supporting said shaft.

2. In a device of the class described, arms, rings secured to the outerend of said arms, buckets 0r paddles also secure to the outer ends ofsaid arms and said rings, and said buckets formed concave on the sidepresented to the current of the stream of water, and convex on the otherside, and formed with wings on said convex side, in combination with ashaft to which said arms are secured, and means for supporting; saidshaft.

. 3. In a device of the class described arms, Igin s secured to theouter ends of said arms,

ends of said arms and said rings, and said buckets formed concave andwith a lip 'on said concave side presented to the current of the streamof water, and convex on the other side, in combination with a shaft towhich said arms are securedand means for supporting said shaft.

4. In a device of the class rm ends of said arms and said rin s, andsaid buckets formed concave and wit partitions and a lip on said concaveside presented to the current of the stream of water, and convex on theother side, in combination with a shaft to which said arms are secured,and means for supporting said shaft.

5. In a device of the class described, arms;

rin secured to the outer ends of said arms, buc ets or paddles alsosecured to the outer ends of said'arms and said rings, and said bucketsformed concave, with artitions,

with a lip and a recess between said lip and the adjacentpartition, onthe side presented to the current of the stream, of water, and convex onthe other side, and rounded, 1n-

clined or tapered toward the ends and 'sgith ets or paddles also securedto the outer 1 10 described arms, secured to the outer ends of sai arms,buc ets or paddles also secured to the outer Wings on said convex side,in combination with a shaft to which said arms are secured, and meansfor supporting said shaft.

6. In a device of the class described, arms, rings secured to the outerends of said arms, buckets or paddles also secured to the outer ends ofsaid arms and said rings, said buckets formed concave, with partitionsand a lip on the side presented to the current of the stream of Water,and convex on the other side, and formed rounded, tapered or inclinedtoward the ends and with wings on said convex side, in combination witha shaft to which said arms are secured, a wheel race in the sides ofwhich said shaft is supported, adjustable gates on the front of saidwheel race and bars secured to said Wheel race.

7. In a device of the class described, a shaft, means for supporting thelatter, arms secured to said shaft, a water tight drum secured to saidarms, and supplemental blades or paddles secured to said Water tightdrum, in combination with rings secured near the outer ends of saidarms, and buckets or paddles also secured to the outer ends of said armsand said rings.

8. In a device of the class described, arms, rings secured near theouter ends to said arms, buckets or paddles also secured to the outerends of said arms and said rings, a shaft to which said arms aresecured, a water tight drum secured to said arms and said shaft, andsupplemental blades or paddles secured to said water tight drum, incombination with a wheel race, in the sides of which said shaft issupported, adjustable gates secured to the front of said wheel race andbars secured to said wheel race.

In testimony whereof, I have signed in the presence of the twoundersigned witnesses.

SAMUEL MoCLU RE.

\Vitnesses P. J. EnMUNDs, S. HARDY.

